Author: Scott Grason-Taylor

Wednesday 13th May 2020

Scott Grason-Taylor

Good morning Discoverers, 

How did you find the maths questions yesterday? And your drawing in English?

So far in English, you have thought of lots of ideas for your poem, chosen one idea and drawn it, and today you are going to begin to think of how you may write your poem. You might like to start writing a couple of lines for it, or if you want it to rhyme, you may like to jot down some rhyming words around your theme. 

I love this poem by Michael Rosen, have you seen it? His poem has a twist, and is about a plastic bag tree. You can decide to twist your poem if you like. https://www.theschoolrun.com/poetry-writing-tips-for-kids

Well done to those of you who sent me your answers in maths, I will upload them here for you to check, it looked like you did excellently.  

Today we are moving on to adding and subtracting fractions. When doing this, if the denominator (bottom number) is the same for both fractions, you do not add or subtract them. For example: 1/5 + 1/5 = 2/5. I simply added the numerators (top numbers) and kept the denominator the same. 

 

In Science, we are looking at food chains. Today I want you to create a food chain, that has you at the end of it.

Here is another video, to give you more ideas of different food chains, this one focuses on a farm: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z2vs34j 

You can create a three link food chain, but if you want a challenge, try to create one that has four links: Producer, consumer, consumer, predator.

Good luck! 

Pioneers Wednesday – Zip Wire and Toilet Rolls

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Here is another link to some phonics with Mr Thorne. He is Geraldine’s owner

ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaumAMxXEzY

You can turn the volume down on this one and use it for reading  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjmsx-XmB5w
Mr Thorne does W
Here is a link to Mr Thorne if you would like to revise this sound.

 

It Alll Began When Floyd Got His Kite Stuck in a Tree…

Afters reading the story,Stuck,I had lot of ideas of things to make to help to get things out of the tree.
I always enjoy making zip wires.
You can try different angles for your wire and add a variety of weights to see what happens.
I have used lego to make a very simple construction but I am sure that you can come up with your own wonderful ideas to help when things are stuck in the tree.
Enjoy

 

Right Pioneers,gather up your toilet rolls and count how many you have to start with.
Estimate,count and check.
Set up your toilet rolls and go bowling to play Toilet Roll Takeaway!
Write down how many you have at the start.
Throw the ball or the toilet roll.
Write down how many you knock down.
How many are left?
Have fun.
That’s maths magic.

Tuesday 12th May 2020

Scott Grason-Taylor

Hi there Discoverers, 

How did you sleep? Well I hope.

Thank you for sending me your work yesterday. I was super impressed to see the effort that you had put in to your poetry bubbles, and your food chains in particular, well done. 

For English today, you are going to use the ideas that you wrote down yesterday, or things around you that you were drawn to, and you are going to choose one of them in particular. You can then draw your chosen item. You may draw something specific, like a flower that you saw, or it may be more general, like the weather, or your garden, or your friend waving through their window. 

Try to focus on how you felt when you saw this, and the details that were in and around it. 

 

Did you manage to spot any fractions around your home yesterday?

In maths today, I have created some fraction numberlines for you to complete.

There are missing fractions, which I would like you to fill in.

Remember, check if the numerators are increasing or decreasing, and make sure you work out how many they are increasing or decreasing by. 

In our science, we have started to look at food chains.

You produced some excellent ones from memory yesterday, but today we are going to look at specific vocabulary which is related.

There are four words which I would like you to learn today, they are: producer, consumer and predator/ prey. Please can you watch this clip, and then create a food chain with three links, and label the producer, consumer and predator. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zbnnb9q/articles/zwbtxsg 

Have a great day,

Mrs Taylor 

Happy Tuesday – 12th May

Scott Grason-Taylor

Good morning everyone.

I hope you are all happy and well today.

Today’s suggested learning – more details on Tapestry are as follows;-

In English today we will be writing our own Colour Poems – I can’t wait to read your poems!

In Maths, we will be searching for half of a shape. What shape will you find? What will half of the shape look like? Remember you need two EQUAL sides!

In Phonics today, we will continue with split diagraphs (as you are sooooo good at them). Today we will look at the split diagraph e-e.

In Science, we are learning about the parts of a plant and the important functions these parts have. There are two interesting video clips to watch to help you.

Have fun whatever you do today and keep me posted as always!

Keep smiling and being kind to each other! You are all doing such an amazing job! 

Best wishes (and a smile),

Mrs Brown

Good Morning Adventurers – Keep Smiling!

Scott Grason-Taylor

Thank you for all the wonderful work you’ve been posting on Tapestry. I am very proud of you all!

I have another busy day planned for you with a variety of activities, if you wish to give them a go. (Full details on Tapestry)

Handwriting – practise the letter ‘Gg’.

English – Join me to read the poem ‘Cats’ by Eleanor Farjeon then write your own poem, about an animal, in the style of ‘Anyone seen my dragon?’ Which we shared yesterday. Can you guess what animal I chose for my poem?

Maths – Key Skills for Year 2 and 3 . Then let’s learn about unit fractions today with some hands on activities.

Art – create some leaf art pictures using the leaves you collected from yesterday’s nature task.

Science – Mrs Burton has set some exciting work on materials and how they can change.

I had a lot of fun doing these activities myself so I hope you enjoy them.

Happy Learning!

Mrs Roe

Tuesday 12th May 2020

Scott Grason-Taylor

Good Morning Leaders.

Lovely to speak to so many of your families yesterday and hear how you are all getting on.  There were some amazing dream catchers made from all sorts of things – you are all very inventive. When you are out on your daily exercise you might want to start looking at all the different colours that you see. If you are able, take a photograph of them – you will need these later in the week.

English

Let No One Steal Your Dreams – Paul Cookson

Read the poem and then think about the answers to these questions;

What is the poem about?

What message do you think he is trying to tell people?

How does he tell the message through his writing?

Does the poem rhyme and is there are pattern?

Make a list of the features you can see.

 

Maths

Fractions

Have a go at this fraction matching game using both fractions and visual representations Remember that an improper fractions means that the top number is bigger than the bottom number (which means there is more than 1 whole) and that a mixed fraction tells us how many whole ones and how many pieces (which also means there is more than 1 whole).

There are lots of different levels – see how far you can get.

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/fraction-matcher/latest/fraction-matcher_en.html

Science – Micro-organisms

What is a micro-organism? Watch this short clip to explain what mirco-organisms are.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfxxsbk/articles/zsgtrwx

Now for the investigation – how can we grow our own?

You will need some bread, some resealable bags and some oil. Please ask a parent first.

Watch the video below, you can stop it at any time and it also stops and asks you to re-start when you are ready. You can watch multiple times if needed.

https://home.empiribox.com/lessons/habitats/

Stuck in the Tree. What Can You See? Pioneers Learning Suggestions for Tuesday

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Lots of things are stuck in my tree just like in the story. Use your phonics to write a list of all the things you can see.
Watch Geraldine to help you with the -ck digraph.
Is there anything stuck in your tree? Id love to see.

Here is a link to Geraldine doing -ck at the end and in the middle of words.

Enjoy

Happy Writing.

 

Now after reading “Stuck”,I started to think about all the ways that Floyd could have got his kite out of the tree. A rocket was the first thing that came to mind.
I gathered together some stuff and got making. You can have lots of fun with different sized balloons.
Let me know how you get on!
It is fun.

Have a go at subtracting this week.
Set out things to take away and discuss what is left.
Look at a numberline while you do it.
Play my little Maths Magic Game.
Write number sentences using – and =.

Happy Learning

Hello Monday – 11th May

Scott Grason-Taylor

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all ok and had a great weekend! I hope you manged some sort of VE Day celebrations on Friday!

Today’s suggested learning on Tapestry is as follows;-

In Maths, we will be looking at finding the half of a number – there is a practical task to have a go at today!

In English, we are thinking about how different colours make us feel. There are two lovely video clips to watch and discuss!

In Phonics, we are looking at split diagraphs – the a-e sound today – don’t be scared parents, the children know just what to look out for!

In Music today – I chose a song that I know you ALL love to sing! 

Look out for tonight’s story at 6pm – which has a colour/feelings them also.

Keep smiling, whatever you’re doing today and keep sending in your messages and videos as always!

Best wishes,

Mrs Brown

Good Morning Adventurers – Back to school Monday!

Scott Grason-Taylor

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and enjoyed the VE Day celebrations. It was lovely to see some of your photos on Tapestry and I was very impressed with all the wonderful decorations and home baking which helped make the day very special.

Well it’s Monday morning again and I have planned a very busy day for us if you choose to try some of the activities. (More details for each task are on Tapestry)

Today’s tasks include:

Handwriting – practise the letter ‘Hh’

Maths – key skills  10 questions for Year 2 and Year 3 (You could try both!)

               Fractions, make your own fraction wall and make fractions using everyday objects, make sure they are equal parts and ask                       permission first! 

English – Poetry. Let’s recite the poem ‘ Anyone seen my dragon?’ by James Carter then identify the rhyming words and use them to                        make silly sentences.

                  By the end of the week I would like us all to write a poem based on the book ‘Under the love umbrella’

                   a wonderful book about the joy and comfort that love can bring.

Nature/science – Go on a nature walk with your family and collect some leaves. Can you identify the leaves and label them? Become a                                   leaf expert!

Happy learning and enjoy your day!

Mrs Roe

Monday 11th May 2020

Scott Grason-Taylor

Good Morning Leaders.

If we were at school this week it would be SATS week and our class would be split with the Year 6 children sitting 2 papers today. Instead, we are all ‘together’, even though that may be virtually at present, and we are going to be basing our tasks this week on dreams. “For those who dare to dream, there is a whole world to win.” – Dhirubhai Ambani

English

This week we are going to be looking at poetry around the theme of dreams. First, I’d like you to listen to the song – please feel free to sing along – come on Leaders, you know you want to!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rxgAh1bnHU

  1. What is a dream? Explore as many possible meanings as you can.
  2. Why is it important to have dreams and goals in your life?
  3. What are your dreams for your future?

Maths

Fraction

Fraction-Lengths
Moving-On
Going-Even-Further

In the first part of this investigation you will be adding fractions together to make a whole, before moving on to making more than a whole, followed be more than one whole.

There are 3 steps to this investigation – challenge yourself as much as you can.

Dream Catcher

To link with our work on dreams, have a go at making a dream catcher. You can make these in all sorts of different ways. First, you need to find or make a hoop. This could be a readymade hoop shape or you could make your own from; a bendy twig, an old metal coat hanger or anything you can mould into a circle shape.

Dream-Catcher-1
Dream-catcher-12
Natural-Dreamcatcher

https://www.easy-crafts-for-kids.com/simple-dream-catcher-craft-for-kids.html

See what you can find out about dreamcatchers. Where did they originate?